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SCARLET AND BLACK

Friday. September 27. I953

 

he Grinnell Image on Parade

“The Grinnell Image,” that perpetlial
udent-adlninistr tion grist mill, was very
uch in the air tl s week both on and off

"we Grinnell campus.
The school "ilnag was one of the
topics considered ill litellectnal discussion
id deh- to at last weekend's Encampment

Pilg lnl Heights.
0n the same weekend, 1013 marching
(-rinnell students \iere actively, it' unintenr
t‘onall engaged ill tlle development 01' this

lagile and important “image.”
The 103 students mentioned above were
in ticipants in last Sunday's Ci\iil Rights
March, a 3-3 mile trek that started at the

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the steps of the state capitol in Des Maine

Widely publi /.ed through all the l‘l‘lld‘
west news media, this is the type of Stile
dcllt action that has an immediate and last,
ing’ effect on tllat nebulous force termed
the “Grinnell image.”

However, is this the type of activity
that we would like to present as charaete
lstic oi‘ the Grinnell student body?

Given the supposed above average in—

telligence alid maturity ol‘ the Grinnell stun ’

dent, do we want the “public to see and
come in contact with this pa ticular small
group of studrnts and ti ouch them colnc

to belive tllat here is a true representation ,

ol‘ the ivllole college”?

Our answer a resounding YES! ’l‘li'
is exactly the l lid of responsible action,
intelligent organ tion, and active concern
for the rights at lnall that we would like
to see become automatically assoc ated with
Grinnell and its student body whenever
they receive public mention,

We applaud the Grinnellians who w 'e
active participants ill this demonst iition
of sympathy and respect for human beings
and their rights and hope that the p: 'tlcu-
lar facet of the “Grinnell Image” which
they have helped to develop will continue
to grow and actually become the core of

Grinnell College and all it represents
D. A. B.

Problems 01‘ Jrhe 'ln Loco Parern’rs' Theory

Oberlin, Carleton, and Grinnell. These
v'ere three ol the schools whose students
took deep, probing locks last year at their
lespectire college rules.

At Carleton the students debated open
rooms, women’s hours, chapel requirements,
and misuse of the student press. At Ober-
'l the emphasis was on open dorms. At
Grinnell women's hou open dorms, the
schola ip repayment rule, the car rule.
'sexnal misconduct, alld the liquor rule were
all debated.

While the pii'ticnlar rules discussed at
these schools varied, the underlying theme
was a deliberate student challenge of the
age old college operating- theory of “in loco
parentis."

Is the college responsible for the stil-
dents in the absence oi" the parents? It' so,
to what degree are they responsible? These
Questions are difficult til answer. While
we'd like to jump in and say, “01" course
‘tiie college shouldn't be responsible for the
actions of each student,” we can’t. We
realize all too well that plessure has been
exerted upon President Bowen to take the
parental responsibilitle. il‘or many students
i.t Grinnelliespecially in the case of par-
ents who send their children to Grinnell
with the understanding. that this institution
will provide a home-like atmosphere and
discipline '

However, there are others. There are
the parents who say, “You’re on your own
now, my boy (or daughterh” And then

these parents send their children off to
Grinnell wllere they are far from on their
own.

Thus the school of thought which preA
scribes to “in loco parentis” is incompatible
with the “student independence" school.

Statingr the problem is easier than stilt-J

ing‘ the resolution. Some of the most vocal
groups on the Grinnell campus believe that
their individual freedoms are being denied
by the present rules, while on the other
hand the most vocal group of parents and
alumni seclll to think Grinnell is turning
into some kind of haven for beatnll
immoral sinners.

This “hole discussion of‘ the incompati-
bil y of the two schools of thought, ill loco
palentis as opposed to complete student in
dependence, has posed a threat to the whole
theory of a residence college. Currently,

Grinnell has students from more than half)

the states and several foreign counties.
If campus discussions are any indication,
these students have failed to .iell illto a
homogeneous society in which the student
from the socially liberal home lives happily
along‘ side his more conservative neighbor.
We feel that if Grinnell is going to at-
tain the spirit of the college community
which ascribes to, it is 'oing to have to
convince its backers that immorality doesn't
start with a couple alone in a student’s
rooln, and that it will have to make more
of a provision [or individual freedom.
J. 1’. H.

Phil Johnson

Students So are (as!)

in early August or this year, the United
States National Student Association invested $15.7
000 in the purchase or a boni: cooperative This
cooperative h ~ operated independently [or [he
lust two years at the University oi Chicago under
l'ae titlc “Inlernational Student Cooperative
Union " The purpose of the err-0p is to provide
books to member students at about a we; rer
ductioli in price,

Stores will be operated ior the coming year at
the Univc _ y oi Chicago. Northwestern, the
,University at Illinois and the University of Mich-
igan. All other schools which are members or
USNSA will participate through mail orders.
Any student at a school which is a member of
U'SNSA is automatically 'h lllemlier’of the coop»
erative and has iull privileges in its use

The procedures involved are relatively sim-

ple. A student or organization sends an order
to one or the coop stores, which then processes
the order and sends out the proper books. The
student pays the full price with his order.
but at the end or each Ilirec-manlh pcriml. he
will receive at least :4 10% rebate on all books
purchased in Hunt quarter. Time spent inimi-
eessl g orders is cut to n minimum by the ex-
ten ‘ a use or IBM equipment. ‘

, 10‘75~ rebate is sent out. This. delay willrbev

Books from all publishers in the United States
may be purchased. There is also a roulrnciurul
relationship with TimerLlic publishers and with
several record distributors, Negotiations are
presently under way whh other publishels tn
the magazine field and with Several record cont
panics The goal of the cooperative is m inure
any book, magazine, or record available [0 incl“-
ber students at reduced prices.

It is not expected that Gllrlnell students will,

buy the great majority oi their books through
the cooperative as long as our orders have to
be processed through the mall There is an un.
avoidable time period before receipt oi the or-
dcr, and an additional period of time bctore [he
ceptable to some. “

A certain number of confirmed browsers will
also remain nlooi from the program, finding
tlleJlappy hours spent in front oi shin VVossom's
book shelves more important than any old 10%
reduction in publisher's price

Nevertheless, this service should prove useful
to many Grinnell students and oi'ganizalions
Further information and materials ioi- placing
nrders can be obtained from Phil Johnson at
any tllnE.

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A group of the Grinnell
outsli ‘ts of Des Moines by

capitol.
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students who arrived at the
bus Sunday afternoon make

the final leg of the march to the west wing of the state

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Letters "to the Edi'l’o

Student Protests

To the Editor: I

 

g President Harvard R. Bowen‘
imust be commended rnr his hnel
:words on the woman's role,
ibased on years at diligent study:
‘His analysis did, however, rail;
‘short or expectations in severall
respects. l

The President recommends
.that women show greater laden,
lpcndence from male presslll‘c,|
him they enter fields now domi-l
jnated by men, and that \hcvi
Hake advantage of the oppollulll-l
ties open to them. He goc on to
mention some of the ban s to
such achievement. One is dtSrl
icrimmaiinn, inequality ol' oppor-
itunity of men and women i

Yet President Bowen deplore;t
such practices and speaks oi
equality while he is moving (or
stricter enforcement oi the rules
ildeslgned, oi course, to promote
=indcpendence and further enunr
ity with the men), while girls

have to sign in every night,

,PPPE +0 Reward i
Highest Recruii‘ersi

Announcement of the talll
membership drive awards for
the campus Young Republicans
and Young Democrats was made
this week by C. Edwin Gllnloul‘r
director of the Program in Prov:
‘tical Political Education. "

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Each year, to stimulate stn— .
‘dcnt interest and participation
in the campus political clubs,
the PPPE (it‘i'us an award to l
the Young Republicnn and ,l
Young Democrat rec uiting the i
run new members to his or- ‘,
g‘ ilzation. ‘

The winner ot the YR I\\eIn-‘
bershlp (hive will be aualdedi
two tickets and transportation
to the Republican dinner at ct»
ldar Piaplds on Oct, ll, when for
Republican Co ess-

iiner _
Walter

Judd will be the
tealul’cd speaker.

lnian

The membership award for
the xn-s consists at two tickets
und' uiporlation'to the- min.
ouatic dinner at Omaha on
Nov. 1. when Ted Sorensen,
assistant to President Kennedy,
will speak,

Information concerning the
membership drives may be ob.
tained from Bob Suvuge, YR!
president. or Dave Eiaih. YD:
president, 1

 

 

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Bowen Speech

while girls may have no locks
on their doors \vhllc girls have
strict and inflexible 12.00 hours.
bite a girl can be suspended
i a boy attempts to break into
the loggia to see her, while the
girl, not the boy, is campused
it' the couple return late, and
while South campus labors un—
der numerous other rules not
applicable to North campus. ,

It President Bowen )3 consistr
am, he should make proposals
to change and relax rules beiore
he leaves in November. Mean-
while. the student at Grinnell,
particularly the woman. should
propose rul‘e changes to estab
lish some semblance oi equality
and determine the Pi dent's
response to such proposals.

Daniel Friedlander

Want to Advance
Homecoming Date?

To the Editor:

The College Calendar sched~
ulEs Homecoming and the Mid-
Semester Recess for the same
weekend A conflict of philoso-
phies exists here. Homecoming
prondes a campus social occa—
Ior both students and T24
turning alumni, while the Midr
Seln ‘ter Break is designed to
prni de a release hum campus
pressures by giving students the

Icppoittlnity to leave school for

3 short period oi time. Home.
coming cannot be a social sucn
ccss with only a iraciion cf the
student body here, Nor can the
. ill-Semester Break be a true
relsosc il students feel (:1) led
lo remain on campus tor Home—
Coming.

Therclore, the following pm-
posal seems desirable:

That Homecoming be chang-
ed from November 2 to 00»
(Killer 19, thereby coinciding
with Parents' Day

This proposal will be present-
ed to hoth’tlie-AW-S Board and
chair and subsequently ni all
With the ap-
halls this reso-

proval of the

‘lulion will he presented to the

Student Senate, and, if approv-
ed. forwarded to the Admini-
stration,

Peter Road
John Pilgrim
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